Acting

Steven Berkoff

Born 1937-08-03 · Stepney, East London, England

Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director. As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style known as "Berkovian theatre", which combines elements of physical theatre, total theatre and expressionism. His work has sometimes been viewed as an example of in-yer-face theatre, due to the intense presentation and taboo-breaking material in a number of his plays. As a screen actor, he is known for his performances in villainous roles, including the portrayals of General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983), Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Lt. Col. Podovsky in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Adolf Hitler in War and Remembrance (1988–89).

Credits

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My Life As Roger Moore
as Self
2026
Desperate Journey
as Raphael
2025
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self
2024
The Performance
as Sam
2024
Bad Seed
as Doctor Ainsley (voice)
2024
The Can
as Mason
2024
Hamlet
as Polonius
2024
The Phantom Warrior
as Hades
2024
Young, Sexy & Dead
as Claudio Vestiquez
2023
Titanium White
as Father Tornatore
2022
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
as Walter
2022
Remembers…
as Self
2022
Exorcist Vengeance
as Bishop Canelo
2022
Alice, Through the Looking
as Executive Producer
2021
Creation Stories
as Aleister Crowley
2021
Righteous Villains
as Grandfather
2020
The Secret Love Life of Ophelia
Writer
2020
L'amore segreto di Ofelia
Author
2020
Ernie
as Arthur
2020
L'énigme quantique d'Einstein
as narrateur
2020
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
as Narrator
2020
The Last Faust
as Dr. Goodfellow
2019
Red Devil
as Lazarus
2019
Brighton
Author
2019
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
as Edmund
2019
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Screenplay
2019
Point of No Return
as Evans
2018
Meeting Jim
as Self
2018
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
as Host
2018
Fanged Up
as Governor Payne
2017
Lore
as Dr. Kristoff Brehovy
2017
London Heist
as Alfie
2017
Transhuman
as Til
2017
Barbarians Rising
as Augustus
2016
Manhattan Night
as Hobbs
2016
Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
as Dr. Flint
2015
North v South
as Vic Clarke
2015
7 Cases
as Lawson
2015
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Charlie Archer
2014
Katherine of Alexandria
as Liberius
2014
The Boy with a Camera for a Face
as Narrator
2013
Witches of East End
as King Nikolaus
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
RED 2
as Cobb
2013
Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
as Friend
2013
Vikings
as King Olaf the Stout
2013
G.B.H.
as Chief Constable
2012
Strippers vs. Werewolves
as Flett
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
as Self
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Dirch Frode
2011
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
as Guru Shah
2011
The Borgias
as Girolamo Savonarola
2011
Metamorphosis
Writer
2010
Metamorphosis
Director
2010
Metamorphosis
Set Designer
2010
Metamorphosis
Music
2010
The Tourist
as Reginald Shaw
2010
The Madness of Peter Howson
as Self
2010
The Road to Coronation Street
as Sidney Bernstein
2010
Dead Cert
as Kenneth Mason
2010
Drop Dead Gorgeous
2010
The Rapture
as The Controller
2010
Perfect Life
as The Elder
2010
The Big I Am
as The MC
2010
Pinter's Progress
as Self
2009
At World's End
as Jack Pudovski
2009
44 Inch Chest
as Tippi Gordon
2009
Shakespeare’s Villains
as Himself, Richard III, Othello, Macbeth, Juliet, CAsio
2009
Shakespeare’s Villains
Writer
2009
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Watch Your Own Heart Attack
as Performer
2008
Bear Hunting
2008
Das jüngste Gericht
as Conrad
2008
Say It in Russian
2007
The 10th Man
as 'Red' Jack Weinbaum
2006
Pu-239
as Starkov
2006
The Flying Scotsman
as Ernst Hagemann
2006
Hotel Babylon
2006
Hotel Babylon
as Mr. Wiltshire
2006
Penguins of the Antarctic
as Narrator
2006